College basketball coach from Jackson charged with sexually assaulting teen player

Dunellen rec chief accused of sex assault

12:55 AM,
Apr. 11, 2014

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The Dunellen recreation director, a former Middlesex County College men's basketball coach, has been charged with sexually assaulting a teenage boy who was on the coach's traveling basketball team, officials said Wednesday.

Christopher Tarver, 43, of Jackson was arrested Tuesday and charged with one second-degree count of endangering the welfare of a child. He also was charged Wednesday with one second-degree count of sexual assault and one fourth-degree count of criminal sexual contact, according to acting Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey.